Tone It Down: Michael McFaul Says Harris Has No Moral Obligation to Talk to the Press
http://twitchy.com/brettt/2024/08/14/tone-it-down-michael-mcfaul-says-harris-has-no-obligation-to-talk-to-the-press-n2399630
It's been 25 days since President Joe Biden was forced out of the 2024 race by his own party, and since then, de facto nominee Kamala Harris has answered zero questions from the press. That's actually not entirely true … she did talk to reporters for about 77 seconds on the tarmac before boarding Air Force Two, telling them her team was trying to set up an interview sometime before the end of the month.
Yeah, but ... the end of WHICH month ... November? ... December?
Harris seems to be going with the basement strategy that worked so well for Joe Biden. If she can just avoid any questions about her many flip-flops from her 2020 presidential campaign platform, she might get by on "vibes" of joyful messaging.
Former Russian ambassador Michael McFaul is telling everyone to tone it down, as Harris is under no obligation to talk to the press.
Michael McFaul (@McFaul) ~ The paramount objective for @KamalaHarris is to win this election. If a press conference helps her win, she should do it. If not, she shouldn’t do it. It’s just that simple. She has no “moral obligation” to talk to the press. Tone it down folks.
Ah, yes ... your candidate shouldn't be transparent with the American people and tell them what her plans are. Of course not! They should just shut the hell up and mindlessly vote for her solely for the purpose of keeping Democrats in power. Hey, Michael ... tell us you're a power-hungry, boot-licking apparatchik without admitting that you're a power-hungry, boot-licking apparatchik. Woof - what a Marxist sleazebag!
Lisa (@Rockprincess818 ) ~ {Replying to @McFaul and @KamalaHarris} This you?
Lisa (@Rockprincess818 ) ~ {Replying to @McFaul and @KamalaHarris} This douche ...
Sean Agnew (@seanagnew) ~ {Replying to @McFaul and @KamalaHarris}
Awww ... the poor lil' wanker, Michael, got his teeny tiny lil' todger slapped into the dirt with his very own words! BWHA HA HA HA HA HA!!!
Floridian FA/FO (@RandomFLDude) ~ {Replying to @McFaul and @KamalaHarris} This is as elitist as it gets folks. The people be damned.
Willis Eschenbach (@WEschenbach) ~ {Replying to @McFaul and @KamalaHarris} Near as I can tell, Kamala has no "moral obligation" to do anything - simply because she has no morals of any kind and will do whatever it takes to win, moral or not. Michael thinks this raw unconstrained desire for power at any cost is a good thing. Sane people disagree.
NewsieOne (@NewsieOne) ~ {Replying to @McFaul and @KamalaHarris} Wow. We see how she'd rule, huh? No need to communicate with the people who put her in office. No recognition that she works for the people, not the other way around. At least y'all aren't trying to hide your disdain for the public anymore.
Sarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior) ~ {Replying to @McFaul and @KamalaHarris} This is not “The Crown.” She has a moral obligation to answer questions from the people whom she is running to represent. She is not obligated to talk to disingenuous and dishonest reporters, but interaction and transparency with the American public is a precondition of the job.
AdamInHTownTX (Not a Neurologist) (@AdamInHTownTX) ~ {Replying to @McFaul and @KamalaHarris} Every Presidential candidate has an obligation to tell the American people what they'd do if elected. She's 24 days in and still hasn't laid out any agenda. And, if she's incapable of handling a groveling press, she'll be a disaster on the world stage.
Savannah (@BasedSavannah) ~ {Replying to @McFaul and @KamalaHarris} Encouraging a political candidate to hide from the voters because she’s incompetent is not democracy. You’re insane.
IrishFinsSuns (@luka_stop) ~ {Replying to @McFaul and @KamalaHarris} You people are the most pathetic cucks I’ve ever seen.
The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. ~ D.H. Lawrence
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